The biotech pet food startup was one of 37 businesses to be awarded a grant through the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade’s Advanced Industries Accelerator Grant Program.

Alligator, insects, lab-cultured proteins and yeast are just a few of many sustainable meat alternatives being incorporated into pet food and treat products.

Bond Pet Foods and nine other early-stage companies were selected to participate in the inaugural program, hosted by Plug and Play out of its new innovation center in Topeka, Kan.

Bond Pet Foods has announced the initial development of its first lab-cultured chicken protein for use in animal food.

Addressing the rift between humanization and sustainability and how pet food and treat processors can strike a healthy balance between the two trends.

The company is using a proprietary fermentation process to develop lab-cultured yeast proteins for the treats, focusing next on producing animal-free meat proteins.

Colorado-based Bond Pet Foods hopes to release its first product, a fermented yeast protein dog bar, in early 2020.

Purina has selected five finalists for its Pet Care Innovation Prize, of which two are pet food and treat manufacturers pioneering new ingredients in formulations.